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Journey Ventures Pit SWSP Page 3 of 5 July 24, 2024 that depletions from groundwater evaporation do not occur in the unforeseen event, or events, that would lead to the abandonment of the Pit. Conditions of Approval hereby approve the proposed SWSP in accordance with 5 37-90-137(11), C.R.S. subject to the following conditions: 1. This SWSP is approved with the effective date of April 1, 2024 and shall be valid through March 31, 2025 unless otherwise revoked or superseded by a decree. If this plan is not decreed in water court by the SWSP expiration date, a renewal request must be submitted to this office with the statutory fee of$257 no later than February 1, 2025. 2. The annual amount of water used at the Journey Ventures Pit, is limited to 6.25 acre-feet for dust control and 9.78 acre-feet of lagged depletions from pre April 2022 operations. All water pumped for dust control must be pumped from within the boundaries of the settling pond. 3. All pumping for dust control shall be measured in a manner acceptable to the division engineer. 4. Total consumption at the Journey Ventures Pit must not exceed these aforementioned amounts unless an amendment is made to this SWSP. 5. Approval of this SWSP is for the purposes as stated herein. This office must first approve any additional uses for the water. Any future historical consumptive use credit given (e.g., agricultural water transfer) for this site must consider all previous credits given. 6. The replacement water that is the subject of this SWSPcannot be sold or leased to any otherentity. As a condition of subsequent renewals of this SWSP, the replacement water must be appurtenant to this site until a plan for augmentation is obtained. All replacement water must be concurrent with depletions in quantity, timing, and locations. 7. The Applicant shall provide daily accounting (including, but not limited to diversions, depletions, replacement sources, and river calls) on a monthly basis. The accounting must be uploaded to the CDSS Online Reporting Tool within 30 days of the end of the month forwhich the accounting applies (https://dwr.state.co.us/Tools/reporting). Instructions for using the tool are available on the Division of Water Resources website on the "Services" --* "Data Ft Information" page under the heading of Online Data Submittal. Accounting and reporting procedures are subject to approval and modification by the division engineer. Accounting forms need to identify the WDID number for each structure operating under this SWSP. Additional information regarding accounting requirements can be found in the attached Augmentation Plan Accounting Administration Protocol for Division One. NOTE: Monthly accounting, even during the winter non-irrigation season, is required. In addition, the Applicant shall verify that the entity making replacements has included the Applicant on their accounting and submitted their accounting to the division office and the water commissioner; for this SWSP, that entity is the Central Colorado Water Conservancy District. 8. Conveyance loss for delivery of augmentation water to the point of depletion on the South Platte River is subject to assessment and modification as determined by the division engineer. 9. In order to prevent injury to otherwater rights, the division engineerand water commissioner must be able to administer Applicants' replacement water past headgates on the river at times when those headgates would otherwise be legally entitled to divert all available flow in or "sweep" the South Platte River or its tributaries. Applicant shall not receive credit for replacement of depletions to the South Platte River below such diversion structures unless bypass and measurement structures are in place to allow the division engineer and water commissioner to confirm that Applicant's replacement water is delivered past the headgates. In the event that delivery past dry-up points